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Riding tons of falling concrete to the river bank below, dozens of children on a summer field trip survived the collapse of an interstate bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during evening rush hour on Wednesday.

"We were on our way back from the swimming field trip," said Ryan Watkins, one of the youths on the bus.

"We were riding over the bridge and the bridge collapsed, and we were right on the part where it went down -- where it curved down," he said, describing the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge near University Avenue. Read full article »